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B. G. BRUNER.

OIL CAN HOLDER.

No. 370,004. Patented Sept.'18, 1887.

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EDGAR G. BRUNER, OF VEST POINT, NEBRASKA.

OIL-CAN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,004, dated September 13, 1887 Application filed February 10, 1857. Serial No. 227,122. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR G. BRUNER, of West Point, in the county of Guming and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in OilGan Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to devices forlubricating machinery; and its objects are to provide means by which parts thereof not easily or without danger oiled byhandcranes,machincry on windmill-towers or so situated as to be accessible only by ladders or stairs, and parts of locomotives or' other engines which cannot be reached except by creeping underneath the engine-may be readily lubricated, whether in action or at rest.

It consists of a cup for holding an oil-can, provided with an elongated handle, and rods for holding and adjusting said cup.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved oil-can holder, showing the cup, its internal retaining-springs, its handle, and its adjusting'rods. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing the ,oilcan therein, also showing the cup and can tilted outward from the handle. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, the oilcan being removed.

Referring to said drawings, a is the oilcan.

b is the cup, and c 0 are retaining-springs therein.

d is the handle. 6 e andffare screw-eyes or staples thereon, and g is a yoke in the end of the handle.

h h are bearings in the sides of the cup.

t is an eye at the rear of its rim, andj is a slide-rod connected to said eye.

k is a rod secured beneath the bottom of the cup, its ends affording bearings for the yokeZ on the end of the slide-rod m.

n is a ferrule on the end of the handle (1, and op are stops on the rodsj and m.

The cup I) is constructed of a diameter and height to accommodate the size and form of the oil-can to be used. At the center of its sides are secured in any suitable manner bearings h. At the rear of its rim, and also at the front and rear of its bottom edge, if desired, is secured in any suitable manner an eye, 1'. To the under surface of the cup, and slightly forward of the centers of the bearings h. is secured in any suitable manner the rod 70, the ends of which project outward from the bot tom of the cup; or, if desired, bearings similar to those at the sides of the cup may be secured in the same manner to the rim of the cup or to its bottom edge. The interior of the cup is furnished with parallel convex retainnear the upper edge thereof, their lower ends beingfree, or their lower ends may be secured and their upper ends be free.

The handle at is constructed either straight or curved, of such a length as may be neces sary to reach the particular parts or situation of the machinery to be oiled, and in its end is inserted the stem of the yoke g, said end being prevented from splitting by the presence of the ferrule 12. Said handle d has inserted in its top and bottom, respectively, screw eyes or staples e and f.

The slide-rod is passed through the staples e, is attached to the eye 1, and its free end is turned over upon its body to form the stop 0. The slide-bar at has a yoke, Z, rigidly secured to its outer end. Said rod m is passed through the staples f, and its free end is turned over upon its body to form the stop 1).

The yoke g is attached to the bearings h and the yokeZ to the ends of the rod 7c. The bearings for the yoke Zbeing situated slightly forward of the center of the bearings h enables the cup I) to be canted over in line with the handle d.

The oil-can a is inserted in the cup I), the springs c holding it therein and preventing its displacement when the cup is canted or even completely reversed. The rods j and m have free lateral play along the handle in the staples c and f. The cup is prevented from tilting forward or back by grasping the handle and confining the rods upon and against it. cup is then held in the position indicated by the solid lines in the drawings. It may be tilted forward from the end of the handle by either pushing the rodj forward, causing the rod m to move backward, or by pulling the rod m backward, causing the rod 9' to more ingsprings 0, their upper ends being fastened The IOO

forward. In either case the cup turns freely on its bearings h in the arms of the yoke g and the ends of the rod 70 turn freely in the arms of the yoke Z, causing the cup to stand diagonally, as indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 2, or the rodsjor m being further pushed for ward and drawn backward, respectively, causing it to stand in a direct line with the handle (1. Said cup may be caused to tilt backward toward the end of the handle by either pulling the rodj backward, causing the rodm to move forward, or pushing the rod m forward, causing the rod j to move backward. In either casethe cup turns in the yokes g and l as freely as when it .is tilted forward. The stops ,0 and p prevent the rodsj and m from slipping ladders or stairways unnecessary and enables is readily applied to any oil-can from which the lubricatingoil passes by its own gravity when the can is disturbed from a perpendicular, and enables the can to be turned so as to discharge its contents in any desired direction.

By providing eyes at the front and rear of the bottom edge of the cup and bearings at the sides of its rim for the yoke of the rod in and lengthening the rod j, the rods m and j may be placed as shown in the drawings, or be displaced the one by the other, and either one or both of said rods may be.applied to the handle and cup, as desired.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I. In an oil-can holder, the combination of the cup b, provided with internal retainingsprings, 0, central bearings, h, in its sides, and an eye, i, projecting from the rear of its rim, with the handle d, having staples e on its upper sideand carrying the yoke g,connected to said bearings, and the rodj, sliding in said staples and connected to the eye 6, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an oil-can holder, the combination of the cup b, provided with internal retainingsprings, 0, central bearings, h, in its sides, and a rod, 70, secured beneath its bottom and forward of said bearings h, with the handle 01, having staples f on its under side, and carrying the yoke 9, connected to said bearings, and the rod 'm, sliding in said staples and provided with a yoke, Z, connected to the ends-of the rod 70, substantially as shown and described.

3. In an oil-can holder, the combination of the handle (2, carrying the yoke g, and therods j m, sliding in staples e f on said handle, with the cup b,. provided with internal retaining springs or catches, a, central bearings, h, in its sides, an eye, 2', projecting from the rear of itsrim, and a rod, k, secured beneath its bottom forward of said bearings h, said yokeg and rod j being respectively connected to the bearings h and said eye 2', and the rod m being connected by its yoke Z to the ends of the rod k, substantially as shown and described.

4. An oil-can holder consisting of a cylindrical cup, means for detachably retaining an oil-can in said cup, a handle carrying a yoke connected to central bearings in the sides of said cup, a rod adapted to slide in suitable guides on the handle and to be connected to an eye projecting from the rear of the cup, a rod adapted to slide in suitable guides on the handle and carrying a yoke adapted to be connected to bearings at the sides of the cup forward of the bearings for the yoke carried by the handle, all constructed substantially as shown and'described, and for the purposes set forth.

EDGAR G. BRUNER.

Witnesses:

THOS. KING,

HUDSON F. BRUNER. 

